| Word From Document |
Chemical or Mineral? |
Other Contemporary Name or Alternative Spelling |
Modern Botanical: Stace/Grin |
Dioscorides ref |
Alternative Names |
explanation: D = Dioscorides |
Imported |
Source of Info |
| falling sickness |
n |
epilepsia (Greek) |
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epilepsy |
convulsion, drawing & stretching of whole parts of body spasmodically |
n |
Barrough p40 |
| felle bovino |
n |
ox gall |
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fel = gall |
hot & dry; for diseases of the eye: in a compound expels dead child |
n |
Banister p102 |
| fennel roots |
n |
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Foeniculum vulgare |
III 70 |
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antispasmodic, expectorant, diuretic, against dropsie |
y |
Gerard 1032 |
| fennell, sweet |
n |
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Foeniculum dulce |
III 67 |
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good for sight, inflamed stomach, provokes menses |
n |
Wirsung |
| fenugreek |
n |
foenigraeci |
Trigonella foenum-graecum |
II 124 |
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for chest & lungs, swellings, imposthumes, cleansing |
y |
Wirsung, Gerard 1197 |
| fenugreek meal |
n |
farinae fenugreci |
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II 102 |
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good for plasters, used to clear dandruff, takes away inflammation |
n |
Gerard 1197 |
| fever |
n |
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unnatural heat, beginning at heart & spreading by veins & arteries |
n |
Barrough p215 |
| fever (burning) |
n |
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a continual tertian |
n |
Barrough p230 |
| ficcum |
n |
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Ficus carica |
I 128 |
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including coughs, as laxative, use dry or burnt; can also apply leaves |
y |
Wirsung |
| ficus / ficubus |
n |
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see above |
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fig tree; |
D- binding agent used for gout with fenugreek flowers & vinegar: best from Provence |
y |
Wirsung, Gerard 1511 |
| filberds |
n |
hazel nut |
Coryllus avellana |
I 125 |
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treat an old cough, ground up to restore hair, cooling |
n |
Gerard 1440 |
| filix, filicis |
n |
ferns |
Polypodium filix or vulgare |
IV 186 |
fern |
root of fern, good for rickets in children, diseases of spleen |
n |
Gerard 1128 |
| fistula |
n |
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ulcer lying deep |
n |
Markham/ Ladies' Disp 275 |
| fits of the mother |
n |
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hysteria |
illness caused by problems in the womb or 'mother': Culpeper; drawing of the womb upwards |
n |
Fissell, 2004 pp58-61 |
| fit of the stone |
n |
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n |
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| flax |
n |
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Linum usitatissimum |
II 103 |
linseed |
apply as poultice, boil with wine for shingles, in bath for women's privy parts |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard 557 |
| flux |
n |
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extraordinary evacuation of a humour or bowels |
n |
Barrough p120, p190, Ed. Med. |
| foeniculi |
n |
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Foeniculum vulgare |
III 81 |
fennel |
draws down milk, decoction of fronds diuretical, also seeds |
n |
Gerard 1032 |
| fol. orient |
n |
folium orientale |
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y |
Wirsung |
| fol. lauri |
n |
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Laurus nobilis |
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bay leaf |
when added to dishes, cuts desire for vomiting |
n |
Gerard 1408 |
